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B lilO IU D A S TO M A O E IH A .
Final departure from Bermudas.— Temirerature-sounding near tlie
Island.— Scalpellum regium.—Manganese concretions.—Gulf-weed.
~Gnatlmphamia.— T\\Q general aspect of the Açores.—The Island
of Faya].—Horta.—The Island of Pico.—San Miguel. —Ponta
Delgada,—Orange cultivation.—An excursion to Furnas.—Sete-
Cidades.—The garden of M. José do Canto.—A religious ceremony.—
Flabellum alabastrum.— Ceratotrochus noJi'fe.—Arrival
at Funchal.
A p p e n d ix A .— Table of Temperatures observed between Bermudas
and Madeira.
A p p e n d ix B.—Table of Specific Gravities observed between Bermudas
and Madeira.
We left Bermudas ou Thursday, the 12th of Jime, for
the Açores. llis Excellency Major-General Lefroy,
C.B., E.R.S., Governor of the island, with his private
secretary Captain Trencli, and Captain Aplin, 11.N.
Captain-Superintendent of the Dockyard, and a party
of ladies came on hoard in the afternoon ; and avc
hade farewell with great regret to tlie friends from
whom AAU had recelA'ed
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